“Don’t tell me to be brief when I am preaching the Word of God,” the young priest is said to have admonished the elderly lady who sought to give him feedback. I’m not sure where it is written that listening to the Word of God must be a tiresome thing…

Siddhartha Gautama, who would one day become known as Buddha (“enlightened one” or “the awakened”), lived in Nepal during the 6th to 4th century B.C. While scholars agree that he did in fact live, the events of his life are still debated. According to the most widely known story of…